Meaning of Schmuck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
   Jewish, US, derogatory, slang
2. A deplorable, pitiful person.
   Jewish, US, derogatory, slang

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Examples

“One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off. Meanwhile, as he's walking towards me he's saying to my agent "I hope she puts on her top.". He wasn't even being a schmuck, like wanting to see.”

““You’re an asshole whose best friends include Hitler’s wet dream and a Jew.” “Yea, well, I’m only friends with you because I want to shtoop your sister.” “Everybody wants to shtoop your sister,” Craig laughed. “No, everybody wants to shtoop Waters’ sister and you are not shtoopin’ my sister,” Joe replied. “None of you guys are shtooping my sister.” “Yea, we’ll see.” “In your dreams Jew boy,” Bruce continued. “Schmuck.” “Schmuck? Are you calling me a schmuck?” “Yea.” “Well, before I beat the crap out of you, what the fuck is a schmuck anyway?””

““You're born a schmuck and you'll die a schmuck. Welcome to hell, idiot.””

“"SCP-7579 developed internal camouflage so a shmuck like yourself would speculate on it, then convince a more powerful shmuck unlike myself to buy it time. It's probably smarter than us, it's definitely smarter than you, and every second of its existence exponentiates the time and resources I'll have to spend cleaning up your mess."”

“poor schmuck”

“Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.”

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